Devil bones
By: Kathy Reichs
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Temperance Brennan series; Staff Pick
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781847826169
Subjects: Forensic anthropology; Vodou; Medical examiners (Law); Forensic anthropologists; Women forensic anthropologists; Satanism; Human sacrifice; Large type books; Fiction
Description: While working in Charlotte, N.C., Brennan investigates remains unearthed during a housing renovation and discovers disturbing clues possibly pointing to voodoo or Santeria. She must determine if the bones, including the skull of a teenage girl, are linked to an unidentified headless torso found in a nearby lake. Intent on using the deaths as the cornerstone of his crusade against immorality, fundamentalist preacher turned politician Boyce Lingo claims that the bodies bear the mark of devil worshippers. With the help of Det. Erskine Skinny Slidell, Brennan unearths a tangled web of dirty politics, religious persecution and male prostitution.